Ah I see. Wasn't sure why maintaining a sense of locality was important, but that does make sense.
In that case, as you say, I think a link to switch between the current map and a more-zoomed-out one would definitely be a good idea. Harry On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 14:36 +0100, Matthew Somerville wrote: > Harry Metcalfe wrote: > > I don't quite understand that -- what's wrong with have the current > > level of zoom as a default, and providing controls to change it? > > I'm not sure how I can reword "it is a deliberate measure to keep zoomed > in to maintain its sense of locality". :-) I don't want it to be simple > to move to other areas; it's not useful to the purpose of the site > (beyond locating a report as already mentioned), and leads to people > leaving updates on reports purely to troll (as has happened elsewhere > with publicised reports). The Design Museum agreed, when FixMyStreet was > shortlisted for Design of the Year in the Interactive category - "a very > neat exercise in using constraints positively" :) > > ATB, > Matthew > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
